by irdadmin | Sep 14, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Federal Reserve intervention has killed natural market processes. The Fed is also starting to lose control of its ability to manipulate the markets. Today is a good example. The S&P and Dow are negative as I write this (2:30 EST) after staging a big early day...
by irdadmin | Sep 13, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I got an email from a colleague today that said, among other things: “The economy is tanking and, while you may be the most pessimistic around, you may not be pessimistic enough.” To that I would say that I’m significantly more bearish than is...
by irdadmin | Sep 13, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
The FOMC can raise interest rates any time it desires, without prior approval from anyone outside the Fed. Accordingly, the ncreased hype primarily has to be aimed at manipulating the various markets, such as propping the U.S. dollar. Separately, it remains highly...
by irdadmin | Sep 11, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Craig “Turd Ferguson” Hemke invited me onto this Thursday A2A podcast show last Thursday. As usual, Turd does a great job of blending irreverent humor and truthseeking in order to flush out cutting-edge insight on the issues affecting our markets. In...
by irdadmin | Sep 6, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Actual Monthly Change in August Payrolls Likely Was a Contraction – Though Bloated by Seasonal-Factor Distortions and Add-Factors, Annual Payroll Growth Effectively Held at a 30-Month Low – Second-Quarter Real Merchandise Trade Deficit Remained Worst Since...
by irdadmin | Sep 5, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary act. – George Orwell A subscriber to my Mining Stock Journal sent me this correspondence a few days ago while the precious metals were being pushed lower by the bullion banks: I read an article...